Satin terry weave fabric



April 12, 1960 S. FRAUWIRTH SATIN TERRY WEAVE FABRIC Filed Oct. 20, 1958 FIG." I.

INVENTOR. SIDNEY FRAUWIRTH BY W A T T R NIVS SATIN TERRY WEAVE FABRIC Sidney Frauwirth, New Bedford, Mass., assignor to Normandie Bedspread (10., New York, N.Y., a firm Application October 20, 1958, Serial No. 768,163

6 Claims. cuss-e96 This invention relates generally to woven fabrics, and

a; Patent C is especially concerned with a novel and improved terry weave fabric.

It is one object of the present invention to provide a novel woven fabric having the unique and advantageous combination of characteristics heretofore found only in separately woven and entirely different fabrics.

It is a more particular object of the present invention to provide a novel terry Weave fabric having a glossy,

satin-like ground or background, which may be stated conversely as a satin weave fabric in conjunction with terry loops.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a woven fabric having the advantageous characteristics mentioned in the preceding paragraphs, which is uniquely attractive in appearance, while being durable in use, and capable of economical manufacture and sale.

Other objects of the present invention will become apparent upon reading the following specification and referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a material part of this disclosure. The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinationsof elements, and arrangements of parts, which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope will be indicated by the appended claims.

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Fig. 1 is an enlarged, somewhat diagrammatic plan view showing a fabric woven in accordance with the teachings of the instant invention; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view similar to Fig. 1, but fore facilely illustrating the actual appearance of the instant fabric.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, and specifically to Fig. 1 thereof, the fabric therein illustrated includes a ground composed of substantially parallel weft yarn, generally designated 10, which are interwoven with Warp yarns, generally designated 11 extending transverse of the weft yarns and in parallelism with each other. The weft yarns 10 may be of conventional cotton material, While the warp yarns 11 are advantageously of a lustrous filament viscose or acetate, or other suitable lustrous yarn. As may be observed in the drawing of Fig. 1, the lustrous warp yarns 11 are arranged in parallel, spaced groups, wherein the yarns of each group are closely adjacent to each other.

Further in detail, individual warp yarns of each group are respectively designated 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16. It will be noted that each of the warp yarns is floated over a plurality of the weft yarns on the fabric side shown in the drawings, successive adjacent warp yarns being floated over stepped, or different but overlapping groups of weft yarns. For example, it will be noted that individual weft yarns are designated 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a, 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 1c, 20, 30, 4c and 5c; and, warp yarn 12 is floated over weft yarns 2, 3, 4 and 5, while adjacent warp yarn 13 is floated over weft yarns 4, 5, 1a, and 2a. Additionally, warp yarn 14 is floated over weft yarns 1a, 2a, 3a and 4a, warp yarn 15 being floated over weft yarns 3a, 4a, 5a and 111, while warp yarn 16 is floated over weft yarns '5a, 1b, 2b and 3b. Viewed otherwise, the warp yarns may be considered as floated on one side of the fabric over four warp yarns and bound or extending beneath every fifth warp yarn, with adjacent successive warp yarns being bound by weft yarns in the order 13'5 -2-4. Thus, the lustrous warp yarns 11 are, for the most part, on one side of the fabric, to define thereon a glossy or satin surface.

In addition to the ground 10, 11, and extending parallel to the warp yarn 11 in the spaces between each adjacent group of such warp yarns, there are interwoven with the Weft yarns 10 additional warp yarns 20, 21 and 22 is located in the space between adjacent pairs of the groupsof warp yarns 11. The warp yarns 20, 21 and 22 are preferably relatively heavy or thick and of a plied bright spun viscose or acetate cord. The heavy warp yarns 20, 21 and 22 are each interwoven with the weft yarns 10, and each is formed at spaced locations longitudinally therealong with terry or pile loops on one or the other side of the fabric. In particular, the relatively heavy warp yarn 20 is formed with spaced loops 23 and 24 on the upper or exposed side of the fabric as seen in Fig. 1, while warp yarn 21 is formed with spaced loops 25 and 26 respectively on the exposed and non-exposed sides of the fabric, and warp yarn 22 is similarly formed with loops 27 and 28 respectively on the exposed and nonexposed fabric sides. In the illustrated embodiment the adjacent loops of each relatively heavy warp yarn are spaced apart by seven weft yarns; and, each loop occupies or overlies a pair of weft yarns. Thus, the loops 23 and 24 of yarn 20 are spaced apart by the weft yarns 4a, 5a, 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b and'Sb, while the loop 23 extends over the weft yarns 1c and 2c, and the loop 24 extends over the weft yarns 2a and 3a. warp yarns between adjacent loops are interwoven with the weft yarns between the loops; and in the case of heavy warp yarn regions between loops on the same fabric side, such regions are preferably interwoven in alternate up and down relation with the associated weft yarns. Thus, when adjacent loops are on the same fabric side, as the loops 23 and 24 of yarn 20, and by reason of the odd number of weft yarns between adjacent loops,

the weft yarn adjacent to each loop, as the yarn 5b adjacent to loop 23, and the yarn 4a adjacent to loop 24, combine with the adjacent underlying Weft yarns to securely hold or lock the loops in position. Thus, weft yarn 5b combines with underlying weft yarn 10 to lock one side of loop 23, and weft yarn 3c combines with underlying weft yarn 20 to lock the other side of loop 23. Similarly, weft yarn 4a combines with underlying weft yarn 3a to lock one side of loop 24, and weft yarn 1a combines with weft yarn 2a to lock the other side of loop 24.

As seen above, this loop locking construction enables the relatively heavy warp yarns to pass alternately under and over the weft yarns intermediate adjacent loops when the adjacent loops are 'on the same fabric side. However, when the adjacent groups of a heavy warp yarn are on different fabric sides and spaced apart by an odd number of intermediate weft yarns, the desired loop locking construction cannot be achieved with the heavy warp yarn region intermediate the loops passing alternately over and under the weft yarns. Thus, in the relatively heavy warp yarn 21, it is desirable that the weft yarn 5b pass over the heavy warp yarn for locking coaction with the weft yarn 1c underlying the loop 25, and that the weft yarn 4a pass under the heavy warp yarn for locking coaction with'the .adjacent weft yarn 3a bridged by the loop 26. In order to achieve this result, the region of cord 21 between loops 25 and 26 is interwoven with the weft yarns 4a, 5a, 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b and 5b, but passes on The regions of the heavier the same side of an adjacent pair of such weft yarns, as the pair 2b and 3b. A similar construction is shown in conjunction with the region of heavy warp yarn or cord 22 between its adjacent loops 27 and 28.

In weaving the above described fabric, the ground may be formed using a five and warp flush satin, four harness up one down based on the order 1-3-5-2 1. This may be accomplished on either a dobby head mechanism or a set of five harness, four up one down under cams.

The relatively heavy warp yarns or cords are drawn through lines from a Jacquard head mounted over the loom, and the terry loops are woven either under or over the satin ground weave in a predetermined design controlled by pattern cards. The terry cord loops are made by the action of the terry motion which is a swivel action on the loom reed, allowing the reed to stay open a given distance from the fell of the cloth a given number of picks and then locking the reed the number of picks needed to complete the cycle and locking the terry loops. At the time of reed locking an extra amount of cord yarn from the top warp is released or fed in by a couple of locked rolls and a ratchet gear to determine the height ofa terry loop. The controlling medium for the reed motion, top beam release and pattern for the terry ioops are the Jacquard pattern cards.

The effective locking-in of the terry loops with the relatively slippery bright rayon or acetate ground weave is enabled by precise setting of the height of the loom whip roll and the warp stop motion so as to create an even bottom and top harness shed, the exact time of cord or top beam release and the individual timing of the dobby and Jacquard heads.

From the foregoing, it is seen that the present invention provides a novel and uniquely attractive Woven fabric which fully accomplishes its intended objects, and is well adapted to meet practical conditions of manufacture 7 Although the present invention has been described in some detail by way of illustration and example for purposes of clarity of understanding, it is understood that certain changes and modifications may be made within the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A terry weave fabric comprising a ground of interwoven warp and weft yarns, said warp yarns being lustrous and floated on one side over a plurality of weft yarns, said ground thereby presenting a glossy surface on said one side, and additional relatively heavy warp yarns woven with said weft yarns and forming loops on said one side, said lustrous warp yarns extending in spaced parallel groups and said additional Warp yarns each extending parallel to and in the space between an adjacent pair of said groups of lustrous warp yarns.

2. A terry weave fabric according to claim 1, said ad ditional warp yarns forming loops on the other side, to define a reversible terry weave fabric.

3. A terry weave fabric according to claim 1, wherein adjacent lustrous warp yarns are floated over stepped groups of weft yarns.

4. A terry weave fabric comprising a ground of interwoven warp and weft yarns with said warp yarns arranged in spaced parallel groups, said warp yarns being lustrous and floated on one side over a plurality of weft yarns to present a glossy surface on said one side, and additional relatively heavy warp yarns woven with said weft yarns each in the space between an adjacent pair of groups of said lustrous warp yarns and forming loops on said one side, to thereby define a terry weave satin fabric.

5-. A terry weave fabric according to claim 4, said additional warp yarns forming loops 0n the other side, to define a reversible terry weave fabric.

6. A terry weave fabric according to claim 5, each of said loops on said one and other side being floated over at least a pair of said weft'yarns, the weft yarns underlying each loop and the weft yarns adjacent to said underlying weft yarns combining to bind said loops in position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,080,291 Mellor Dec. 2, 1913 2,745,443 Keen May 15, 1956 2,809,669 Morgan et a1. Oct. 15, 1957 

